HT204406 iTune Match songs won't play

I have iTunes Match. When I first bought the service, it worked great. I bought it so I could have access to all my music and not be limited by the space on my phone or iPad.  Lately, even though all my songs are listed on my device, they will not play. If there are several songs in a playlist or album it will scroll through the songs and not play any of them.  I am unable to use it as I need to and it is very frustrating.

I too am having this problem. I have a first gen nano. Some downloaded songs will play fine, but my most recent purchases won't play on the IPOD... only from the computer. When attempting to play on the IPOD, it skips to the next song.

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  • HT204406 iTunes match songs will not play on any device.. please help me..

    Hey,
    just got iTunes match, set it up to the best of my knowledge.
    -Bought it
    -Matched and uploaded all of my music
    -the 'iTunes match' tab isn't under 'Store' anymore
    -music icons show up on iPhone 4 and New iPad
    The thing is, when I select a song the song opens, album art and all stays on 0:00 then closes again as if it has finished playing.
    I tried deleting a song in itunes then download it from iCloud but an error occurs. I deleted completely then added it to the library to see if i could get it to work.. Not working.
    Music from iCloud will not play on any of my Apple things including iTunes.. Can someone from Apple or a smart person from the community please help me out.
    If someone works at the Apple store in 'Chermside, Brisbane Australia' and wants to meet me to see if they can help that way I can do that too..
    Thank you!

    Same here...
    iTunes Match, MacOS X.7

  • HT204406 iTunes Match songs appear uploaded but won't play on shared devices

    I have songs (ALAC, DRM free) purchased from Bandcamp that refuse to play or download on shared Match devices.  These play fine on my iTunes Match master computer in their original format, and appear to be uploaded/synced to iCloud.
    They are available on my other synced devices (iPhone, mac, windows PC) but whenever I try to play or download I get an error saying the song is not available for download.
    I've tried completeley deleting the music from the library and resyncing.  The songs are recognized by iCloud and added back to my library, but are still not able to play.  Because I know this isn't specific to the mobile device and rather to iCloud directly I'm at a loss as to how to troubleshoot it.
    My only thought would be that they need to be transcoded (the songs aren't available on the iTunes Store), but it has been weeks since they were initially uploaded, and even if I obtained the 320kbps MP3 files from Bandcamp they would still be transcoded to AAC for Match compatibility, so I'm not really sure how to proceed.
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    I am experiencing this issue with iOS 8.1.2.

  • Songs in iTunes Matched but Won't Play... Sort Of...

    I signed up for iTunes Match because I wanted to move my library of songs off my computer to save space and I was intrigued by the idea of being able to sync with the library from my iPad or even when I'm overseas. Sometimes it works well enough that I'm happy, but most of the time it's a pain in my butt. The biggest problem I am having is a syncing problem that happens anytime I sign out of the iTunes store...
    Even though my library says "matched" or "uploaded", if I have my iTunes set to "shuffle" it will constantly stop when it changes songs. It will say the song can't be located, even if it's status is "matched" or whatever. If I double click the song, it will tell me it cannot locate it, and then ask me if I would like to find the file. If I say yes it will bring up my computer's directory, but if I say no, it will play the song! As long as I have played that song once, it will no longer  have any trouble finding that song. Sounds like an easy fix, except that I have over 5,000 songs and I don't have time to go in and double click each song and tell each error message NOT to locate the song. If iTunes can't locate a song, it doesn't just skip the song, the error message haults everything. I often work with music playing and I find myself spending more time trying to fix iTunes than working!
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    Do I have to have songs on my hard drive for them to automatically play through iTunes Match? Because that sounds like it defeats the purpose a little...
    Any info would be much appreciated. If I can't get this fixed, I doubt I'll be subscribing to iTunes Match again. Sounded like a great idea, but I'm having a lot of trouble with it just playing what I've matched or uploaded without me telling it to.

    I moved all my music files to an external hard disk as a second backup. This was a year ago, so my memory is fuzzy, but I remember when I manually sent albums to iCloud to get matched I ended up with two copies of the songs, and I deleted the non-iCloud copies through iTunes. Not sure if that makes much sense, but basically it was half and half for deletion methods.
    If I delete all the songs just through iTunes, will they show up again as their matched copies through iCloud if I turn off and on iTunes Match?

  • HT204406 itunes match sometimes don't play songs

    hi,
    i use itunes match with all my music and it works well.
    but sometimes when i want to play a song i double-click it and nothing happens: i think itunes loads the muscic (the cloud-icon moves:).
    someone can tell me how to solve this problem?
    thanks
    pierre n.

    This forum is for questions from those managing sites on iTunes U, Apple's service for colleges and universities to post educational material in the iTunes Store. You'll be most likely to get help with this issue if you ask in the general iTunes for Windows forums.
    Regards.

  • My itune's songs won't play on my iPad while using home sharing

    I have the New iPad. As soon as I got it, I activated the home sharing on my notebook's itunes (I use Windows 7), and it was working ok. Recently, I had to format my notebook. Then, I reinstalled itunes and re-activated the home sharing, but there's something wrong. My song library shows up on my ipad, but when I try to play them, they won't play. No sound comes out, and the player bar won't go further than 0:00 secs. I tried reseting the app and rebooting the iPad. Other sounds (eg videos, internet etc) are being played normally. What could be wrong?

    Make sure the anti virus or fire wall isnt blocking it make sure on itunes you have the comptuer authorized
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  • ITunes match songs won't load in iTunes anymore

    I purchased iTunes match a while ago and was very happy with it. Normally, I could just open iTunes on my computer and in a second or two all my songs could be streamed or downloaded. Just today though, when I open iTunes, my songs aren't loading. All of cloud tracks appear as in below. You can't stream or download anything and by the Music tab there is a smal cloud icon that keeps appearing as if it's loading. Is anybody else encountering this same problem?

    I had an issue similar to this.  I think the cause was an interruption in downloading a song from the cloud.  After that, it would not let me download any more.  Resetting the iTunes store cache under Preferences > Advanced, then restarting iTunes seemed to resolve the issue for me.

  • HT204406 itunes match songs say waiting

    I have recentlly put itunes match on my mac devices.  After several days of letting the songs upload, download, match, etc I notice that some of the songs are grayish color and the icloud status is waiting, for days.  Why does it say that and how can I get those songs on my devices?

    Hi,
    Try holding shift key whilst turning off match. Close iTunes then relaunch. Reactivate match. You will be asked to add this computer. Do so. Let match process complete.
    Jim

  • Itunes store songs won't play? Even after I authorized my computer...

    I purchased a handful of songs from Itunes store a few months ago.
    Recently they started not playing and said I had to "authorize" them for my computer.
    I made an Itunes store account and signed in to authorize the songs, but when I try to play them it asks me to authorize them again and then says "This computer has already been authorized".
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    Thanks.

    I had the same problem after I purchased a cd online in the iTunes store on my work computer. It asked me to authorize the computer to purchase the songs, and then repeatedly asked me to authorize the computer to play the songs.
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    Shut down iTunes and open your hard drive found on your desktop.
    On the left side you will find a "house" icon with a file name you have specified.
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    Once they are in your trash, restart you computer and open up iTunes. Things should work now.
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  • HT204406 itunes match setup won't complete

    I just signed up for match and can't complete the setup process, it times out or just gets stuck on a song 3260 of 3282 when trying to process/setup the match.

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  • Itunes Match Songs are all there but won't play

    I've been using iTunes Match at work pretty regulary and I've notived that, seemingly randomly, I'll open iTunes and all my music will be there... however doub;e-clicking a song or or hitting PLAY does nothing.  No error message; no nothing.  Th ePLAY button is isn't ghosted or anything.
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    Well the odd thing is that everything works perfectly fine most of the time.  However, 10% of te time, Match enterest his stange state where songs won't play.  Nothing changes in the iCloud Status field.  You can even edit metadata like rating and song-names.  Songs just won't play... nor will they download.
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  • Only half of some iTunes Matched songs on my iPhone will play, then audio skips to next song in playlist!

    Several (maybe 5%) of iTunes Matched songs on my iPhone do this... at EXACTLY 1/2 way through the song. 
    EXAMPLE: At 2:25 of a 4:50 long song (Shania Twain - From This Moment) the next song in playlist (Taylor Swift - Tim McGraw) starts as the audio skips to beginning of next song in playlist.  Oddly, Shania's attractive album artwork and title stays up while Taylor's tune plays (?)
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    Does anyone else see this happen or are there any suggestions?
    THANKS
    geo

    Hey Guys, from my late model iPhone 4, I am also seeing my iTunes Match songs terminate playing very abruptly ...some won't play at all ...others skip to the next track after 10 seconds. 
    I checked the source files on my iMAC, and they are 100 percent perfect. 
    Tried deleting them, recreating them, signing out and then back into iTunes with Match On & Off, etc ...still no resolution to these problems. 
    Maybe the MATCH product is crashing under it's own weight now?   It used to be good, but now I am not so sure anymore. 
    Please post if you have any solution or suggestions. 
    Thanks!
    Pat

  • TS1489 My songs won't play on Windows 7 version of iTunes. Everything on my PC is up to date. Windows Media Player works fine. I followed the directions and nothing has changed. I have already tried to re-install iTunes but that hasn't worked either.

    My songs won't play on Windows 7 version of iTunes. Everything on my PC is up to date. Windows Media Player works fine. I followed the directions and nothing has changed. I have already tried to re-install iTunes but that hasn't worked either. If anyone knows how to solve this problem please E-Mail me at [email protected] or reply to this message.

    Itunes worked after reseting my computer to factory setting however had trouble again after syncing my iPod and iPod shuffle. Is this a coincidence or could it be the cause of the problem?

  • I have just updated my iTunes and it won't play any of my songs. What do I do?

    I have just updated my iTunes and it won't play any of my songs, It will say that it is but the time does not move along and the sound does not play. I have uninstalled and reinstalled it but it hasn't worked. What do I do?

    Hey B Noir!
    Changing the 3D worked for me!
    I am so glad that I ran across your post. I had been reading "solutions" to this problem all day, and most of them said to install/unistall/re-install itunes! No way! I knew there had to be an easier way, and you had it. Just a few clicks, and that was it.
    Thank you for your help!
    God bless.

  • My old computer died just after I transferred iTunes via external HD.  When I transferred the content from the HD to the new computer, most songs won't play.  Message is "Can't identify source".  Sharing was on in the old computer when it died.

    My old computer died just after I transferred iTunes via external HD.  When I transferred the content from the HD to the new computer, most songs won't play.  Message is "Can't identify source".  Sharing was on in the old computer when it died.

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